Are ACEs overplayed?

25Jun 2019

Is our understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) too narrow, or does it offer potential for real societal change? That’s the question being debated by Aberlour CEO SallyAnn Kelly and developmental psychologist Suzanne Zeedyk in this month’s Children in Scotland Magazine.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful events occurring in childhood including but not limited to domestic abuse, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, neglect, parental abandonment, or a member of the household having alcohol or drug problems, mental health conditions or being in prison.